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The Royal Theatrical Fund The Royal Theatrical Fund was established in 1839 by Charles Dickens. We provides support to those th

Episode 2 of Actors Never Retire is ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช - David Alder ๐ŸŽ™๏ธSix decades in musical theatre, and every story is a gem.Fro...
19/06/2026

Episode 2 of Actors Never Retire is ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ง ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช - David Alder ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Six decades in musical theatre, and every story is a gem.
From Salad Days at the Duke of York's to Annie at the Victoria Palace, this is a career most performers only dream about. Press play and find out how he did it.
Actors Never Retire. Out now, wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. ๐ŸŽญ

17/06/2026

A first listen of this week's Actors Never Retire - David Alder ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

Annie. Me and My Girl. She Loves Me. Salad Days. From the National Theatre to the Victoria Palace, David's career is a love letter to musical theatre, and in this episode he tells the stories behind it all, with the honesty and humour of someone who's lived every note.

New episode out this Friday. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Link in bio. ๐ŸŽญ

11/06/2026

For our first episode๐ŸŽ™๏ธ

"๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต, '๐˜'๐˜ฎ ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ', ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต" - A first listen of Actors Never Retire.

Myra Sands has done it all - Evita, Cats, Sweeney Todd, Funny Girl on stage and screen. Myra's career has taken her from the National Theatre to Drury Lane, and in episode one she shares the stories behind it all, including the car accident that nearly ended everything, and how she found her way back to the stage.

Honest, funny, and full of heart. Episode 1 drops TOMORROW, Friday 12th June, with a new episode every Friday for six weeks.
Hosted by Molly Hanson, for the Royal Theatrical Fund. Link in bio. ๐ŸŽญ

SOME NEWS: The Royal Theatrical Fund is launching its very first podcast - Actors Never Retire. ๐ŸŽญHosted by actor Molly H...
10/06/2026

SOME NEWS: The Royal Theatrical Fund is launching its very first podcast - Actors Never Retire. ๐ŸŽญ

Hosted by actor Molly Hanson, the six-part series features honest, funny and moving conversations with David Alder, Colette Kelly, Hayward Morse, Barbara Rhodes, Myra Sands and Elizabeth Seal - performers whose careers have spanned decades, from the West End to Broadway, Downton Abbey to Funny Girl. With special introductions from our Chairwoman Samantha Bond and President Robert Lindsay, and original music by Stefan Bednarczyk.

From backstage disasters to career-defining moments, each episode is a celebration of a life lived in the entertainment industry - and of the work the RTF does to support those in it.

Episode one lands this Friday, 12th June, with a new episode every Friday for six weeks. Listen and subscribe here: https://linktr.ee/royaltheatricalfund

You don't have to be a performer to qualify for support from The Royal Theatrical Fund.Stage managers, costume designers...
02/06/2026

You don't have to be a performer to qualify for support from The Royal Theatrical Fund.

Stage managers, costume designers, crew, directors, front of house... if you've worked professionally in the performing arts for 7+ years and are facing hardship, we may be able to help.

www.trtf.com

28/05/2026

Brady Isaacs Pearce - Part 6/6 ๐Ÿ’™

We support the whole person - not just the bill.Because a crisis in the performing arts is never just financial.The Roya...
20/05/2026

We support the whole person - not just the bill.
Because a crisis in the performing arts is never just financial.

The Royal Theatrical Fund has been here for performing arts professionals for over 250 years.
We're still here.

www.trtf.com

13/05/2026

Brady Isaacs Pearce - Part 5 ๐Ÿ’™


๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญOne grant. One turning point.For a writer facing crisis, a grant from The Royal Theatrical Fund was the ...
06/05/2026

๐๐ž๐ง๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ

One grant. One turning point.
For a writer facing crisis, a grant from The Royal Theatrical Fund was the moment everything changed.

"๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด. ๐˜ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ. ๐˜ ๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜'๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ต."

We're here for performing arts professionals when they need a lifeline most.

If you or someone you know has worked professionally in the performing arts for 7+ years and is struggling, visit trtf.com

30/04/2026

Part 4 - Brady Isaacs Pearce โค๏ธ
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